Tag: downtime

Have you noticed that this blog site is unavailable at the same time each day?

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Every day the server has downtime for a backup, and I have found that, if the blog server is closed for that period, it is more stable during the rest of the day.

This is the schedule during British Summer Time in the UK (from the end of March to the end of October), compared to an approximate time in other time zones:

BST
(UK)		CEST
(Paris France)		IST (India)CST
(China)		AEST
(Sydney Australia)		PDT
(Seattle USA)		EDT
(Toronto Canada)
0215-02450315-03450645-07150915-09451115-11451815-18452115-2145

This is the schedule during Greenwich Mean Time in the UK (from the end of October to the end of March), compared to an approximate time in other time zones:

GMT
(UK)		CET
(Paris France)		IST
(India)		CST
(China)		AEDT
(Sydney Australia)		PST
(Seattle USA)		EST
(Toronto Canada)
0215-02450315-03450745-08151015-10451315-13451815-18452115-2145

Scheduled downtime: broadband upgrade on Thursday 13 February 2025

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There will be a scheduled downtime of the blog site on Thursday 13 February 2025 while the broadband connection is upgraded to full fibre. The upgrade work is due to take place between 0800hr and 1300hr (GMT), but the downtime may extend beyond this period to allow for any amendments to server connections that are also needed.

A message will be sent to Twitter/X, LinkedIn, BlueSky, Mastodon and blog members as soon as the site is fully available after the downtime.

Thank you in advance for your patience!

Scheduled blog server maintenance in the evening of 17Jul2018 (UK time)

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My blog server runs WordPress software, which I can update hourly while the server is running, if necessary. However, the underlying Apache, PHP and MySQL software requires server downtime to update, so I have scheduled their updating to take place in the evening (UK time) of Tuesday 17 July 2018. I am hoping it will only take 1-2 hours to complete, but, having never done this big an update before, I can’t be more precise.

After a period of instability my SAS blog should have more availability, and may be quicker too!

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Following my SAS blog server crash in September I have experienced occasional access interruptions from a few minutes to several hours since then. There have been various reasons for the down time, including WordPress plugin updates causing incompatibilities, server software updates, accidental disconnecting of the router, and my internet service provider temporarily interrupting their service to me.

To correct the last problem I decided to change my broadband connection from ADSL to a “Superfast” fibre, which meant changing my provider. This has now been completed, but the changeover process did more than change my internet service provider. While running the two broadband connections in parallel I discovered some issues in the setup of the network gateway, which had itself caused a number of interruptions. I can’t guarantee that there won’t be more short interruptions in the future, as I’m in the process of reorganising the cabling in my office, but I wanted to assure everyone that, if you have difficulty connecting, then wait a short while before trying again, as I will be back, and the blog could be quicker too!